Sean McVay’s success in his early 30s famously started a gold rush for the next young, dashing NFL head coach. It seemed like the less experience an assistant had, the more attractive he was. As long as he had some connection to McVay.
Experience matters though. Just look at the Super Bowl.
On one sideline of Super Bowl will be Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid, who will turn 63 years old on March 19. On the other will be Bruce Arians with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who is 68 and didn’t even get a chance to be a head coach until he was in his 60s.